GREEN BAY (WI)
Chippewa Herald
Associated Press | Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2012
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay has requested a new trial after a jury awarded $700,000 to two victims of clergy sex abuse, claiming one juror in the case was biased.
Todd and Troy Merryfield alleged that the diocese falsely misrepresented the safety of former priest John Feeney when it installed him as pastor at Freedom’s St. Nicholas Church in the 1970s. The Associated Press generally doesn’t reveal the name of sex-abuse victims, but the Merryfield brothers have previously granted AP permission to use their names.
Feeney was convicted in 2004 for the sexual assaults and has already served his prison sentence.
Jurors deliberated for about five hours last month before awarding $475,000 to Troy Merryfield and $225,000 to Todd Merryfield.
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